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“100% Pure” – Public Health Goal Setting
… Associate Professor Nick Wilson, University of Otago, Wellington The “100% Pure” marketing of NZ is marketing hype and an easy target for UK tabloid … health goals worth aiming for, through 100% elimination of a hazard or risk. Namely, tobacco, human papilloma virus …
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Media release: NZ could eliminate the deadly meningococcal disease
… from the Public Health Communication Centre, University of Otago epidemiologist and Associate Professor Amanda … and colleagues look at how NZ could be permanently free of this disease and its significant risk of death and disability. Dr Kvalsvig says we have public …
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Media release: Another Havelock North? Govt undoing protections for drinking water safety
… for our drinking water, the Government is risking a repeat of the Havelock North campylobacteriosis outbreak that left … inquiry into the 2016 outbreak which was the largest of its kind in the world. Briefing co-author, University of Otago research fellow Marnie Prickett says the Inquiry led …
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Media release: Treaty Principles Bill poses major risk to public health and equity
… The controversial Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill threatens public health and equity in … Jones and co-authors examine the critical implications of the Bill and the urgent need for public opposition to …
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Tobacco product innovation in a smokefree world. Oxymoron or commercial cynicism?
… Gendall Major tobacco companies have presented a vision of a smokefree world, where smoking prevalence has fallen to … strategy confirms long-held doubts about the sincerity of tobacco companies’ intentions. We report on our recently … to non-smokers and smokers. Philip Morris’s establishment of the Foundation for a Smokefree World (FSFW) recognises …
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New standardised packaging regulations: Some good steps, but many missed opportunities
… late 2012, and early evaluations already show knowledge of how smoking’s harms has increased while the appeal of smoking has declined. Despite desperate attempts by … should now establish a programme to support the rapid development and introduction of new warnings so these feature …
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Smokefree cars legislation: Should the new government make this a priority?
… the case for the prioritisation by the new Government of a law for smokefree cars carrying children. This would … The new government has many problems to address. Years of minimal legislation for population health means that the … infant death, among many other conditions.[1] The amount of tobacco smoke pollution in cars can be worse than in the …
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Slight drop in youth vaping but stark ethnic disparities remain
… trends in Aotearoa New Zealand. Although the prevalence of youth vaping has declined slightly, it remains very high … vapes later this year, may help to reduce the number of young people taking up vaping. However these measures will … that vaping can cause young people, the vast majority of whom do not smoke. In previous Briefings 2 we highlighted …
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Bowel cancer screening – An interesting new US study and thoughts about the NZ situation
… a top US journal (JAMA). We discuss the cost-effectiveness of such screening and consider the current NZ context for … exception is colorectal cancer screening. A recent review of screening programmes , by public health practitioners, cast out the majority of screening programmes we embark upon in health as of …
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Fighting cold, damp housing – a big tick for Warmer Kiwi programme
… in Aotearoa. The programme will also be lowering the risk of respiratory disease caused by our damp, cold houses. … Study team worked to determine if the health and wellbeing of people in households improve when they their homes are … heating, especially given the ongoing climate and cost of living crises. To address this need, in the recent Budget …
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